As soon as she finished speaking, Zeng Ruohai poked his head out from the mountain path, saw Qian Duoduo standing in front of Zeng Zifang's Immortal Cave, and showed a look of disgust.
Zeng Ruohai was about to turn back, but Zeng Zifang called out, "Ruohai, why haven't you reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage yet? Are you short on money? At this rate, you won't reach Foundation Establishment Great Perfection in three months."
"Do you take me for a Fat Pig? Just pour Spiritual Qi into me, and my cultivation will soar?" Zeng Ruohai retorted, "If my foundation isn't stable, my strength will be inferior to those with lower cultivation."
"Who said your foundation isn't stable? Didn't I tell you that the Three Sects War is about to happen? You need to seize the opportunity to earn more battle merits…"
"Alright, you've said it three times already! So naggy. Earn more battle merits, become a Peak Grand Elder soon, strive to be a Sect Knight, surpass Grandpa, and then become the Ba Ling Sect Sect Leader." Zeng Ruohai interrupted Zeng Zifang.
Qian Duoduo thought to himself, "It seems I chose the wrong time. These siblings arranged to meet today, and I just happened to pass by at a very inconvenient moment."
"Whoosh!"
Zeng Zifang flew out of the Immortal Cave, barefoot, with only a simple silk ribbon wrapped around her body.
When she first flew out, she held a stick in her hand, but as she approached Zeng Ruohai, it transformed into a Storage Pouch, and the anger on her face turned into doting affection. "Be good. When the war starts, deaths and injuries are unpredictable. Take these gold coins first; there's also a low-grade Dan artifact, the Hundred Refinement Golden Sword, inside—"
As Zeng Zifang said this, she turned back and gave Qian Duoduo a flirtatious look. "You should hurry and collect the spirit fragrant grass."
Qian Duoduo felt as if he had been granted a great pardon and quickly ran towards Peak Head Cliff.
Behind him, Zeng Zifang continued to lecture Zeng Ruohai: "Last time at Refining Spirit Sect, that Dugu Yunshan had already reached Foundation Establishment Great Perfection. And that woman surnamed Cao, they say her Artifact Refining skills are excellent, equivalent to a third-grade…"
"This lie, that wicked woman just blurts it out!" Qian Duoduo cursed inwardly, quickening his pace.
He didn't want any more interactions with these Zeng Family siblings. Every past interaction had resulted in him taking a loss.
Peak Head Cliff was silent. Qian Duoduo leaped, floated for hundreds of feet in the air, and landed at the bottom of the Ice Cave Grotto-heaven.
Walking from the Upper Cave Heaven to the Lower Spirit Sea, Qian Duoduo wondered if, should the Three Sects War break out, the Fa Lu Sect on the Middle Road would order the Cold Flame Snake to charge out.
Passing through the Ice Gale Layer, the Cold Flame Snake below immediately sensed him.
Recognizing Qian Duoduo, Fat Snake Xiao Guan swam over immediately.
"Senior Brother! Why did you come in person?" Fat Snake Xiao Guan swayed his snake tail, his tongue flicking gently, smelling the scent on Qian Duoduo's body.
His sensitive nose had long detected the various foods on Qian Duoduo's body, and his eyes lit up with joy.
Qian Duoduo took out thousands of Spirit Chicken meat, Golden Ox meat, and spirit chicken eggs. "I've brought you some food, and I need to borrow a place to refine a Magic Treasure."
Fat Snake Xiao Guan hastily put away the spirit food. "Senior Brother, why are you being so polite? This place is Senior Brother's; use it as you please."
Liu Boli floated out the Golden Toad.
His powerful aura immediately made Fat Snake Xiao Guan bow to him, repeatedly calling him "Senior."
Arriving at the Cold Flame Snake's warehouse, Liu Boli pointed to the center of the Formation. "Right here."
Tens of thousands of Cold Flame Snakes came over and quickly emptied the warehouse.
Qian Duoduo took out his cauldron, and he and Liu Boli set up hundreds more Formations in the warehouse.
The Formations connected with the original Formations, layer upon layer, making Fat Snake Xiao Guan's heart pound, realizing that the two of them were about to do something big here.
He moved his mouth a few times but ultimately didn't let his curiosity get the better of him. He obediently returned to his Immortal Cave, strengthened a few layers of protection, and still feeling uneasy, he deployed dozens of Cold Flame Snakes, equivalent to Golden Core cultivators, to block the entrance of his Immortal Cave.
"Begin." Qian Duoduo sat down cross-legged and placed sky-blue extreme gold into the cauldron.
He activated the Golden Life Devouring Dragon Art, and the Purple Eyes in the Lower Spirit Sea rushed out, entering the cauldron and refining the extreme gold into golden liquid.
Everything went smoothly, but Qian Duoduo's heart was much more nervous than last time.
